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Art Is Not a Thing

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Art
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Surveillance Capitalism
Andes Mountains
Data Privacy
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Generative Art
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José De San Martín
Post-Truth Museum
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Art Is Not a Thing is a podcast series about art as a practice of critical inquiry, knowledge production and world-building. From media art, bio-art, sound art to digital activism, speculative design, or data storytelling, the series delves into artistic work that reflects on, questions, and reimagines our practices in and of the world.

The series is developed in collaboration with Radio Ö1.

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This episode kicks off a new season, produced in cooperation with Radio Ö1–Austria’s leading cultural voice. Today, radio journalist Hannah Balber from Radio Ö1 talks to American artist and technologist Mindy Seu about sex and its influence on the in... more

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In this episode, host Ana-Maria Carabelea is joined by artist Libby Heaney. Libby’s work engages quantum processes as active constraints that undo linear causality, hierarchical relations, and the bounded subject. After a crash course into key concep... more

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In this episode, host Ana-Maria Carabelea is joined by artist Erin Robinson. Her work, XXX Machina, operates as an autonomous desire machine that generates an endless stream of synthetic erotic imagery. They discuss desire, eroticism, human intimacy,... more

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In this episode, host Ana-Maria Carabelea is joined by artist Iz Paehr to talk about inherently ableist technologies. Their work Feeling Virtual: An Archive of Touch looks at how digital technologies can be used to make cultural heritage more accessi... more

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Recent Guests

Libby Heaney
Artist and quantum information scientist
Episode: Quantum Uncertainty in a Capitalist Reality
Erin Robinson
Artist
Episode: Succumbing to the Machine: Desire in the Age of AI
Iz Paehr
Artist and designer working at the intersection of tactile access and trans feminist world building
Independent artist/designer
Episode: Challenging VR's Procrustean Bed: Disability, Tactile Epistemologies, Worldbuilding
Alex Damianos
Researcher and lecturer
University of Kent
Episode: Anthropocene Oscillations
John Palmesino
Architect
Territorial Agency
Episode: Anthropocene Oscillations
Trevor Paglen
American photographer, author, and geographer known for investigating hidden power systems and technologies that shape society.
Episode: The Politics of Seeing and Being Seen
Marina Otero Verzier
Spanish architect and researcher focused on digital infrastructures and climate impacts
Episode: Computational Compost: Against the Resource Intensivity of Data Centers
Simon Weckert
German media artist focusing on the societal impacts of digitalization.
University of Arts in Linz and University of Applied Arts in Vienna
Episode: System Vulnerability
Nora Al-Badri
German-Iraqi conceptual media artist and lecturer
Eid Genossische Hochschule
Episode: Post-truth Museums and Their Post-colonial Directors

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Ana Carabelea
Host of Art Is Not a Thing (co-host in several episodes).
Hannah Balber
Co-host of Art Is Not a Thing; often discusses with artists and researchers.

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Quantum Uncertainty in a Capitalist Reality
Q: What is the difference between quantum computing and digital computing as epistemological frameworks?
Quantum computing operates in a realm of superposition and entanglement where multiple states exist at once, whereas digital computing is rooted in binary logic, linearity, and replication; this difference reorders how knowledge and reality might be structured.
Quantum Uncertainty in a Capitalist Reality
Q: How does quantum computing challenge current ways of sense making?
It opens up a fully relational, non-binary mode of thinking where all possibilities can exist simultaneously, challenging the binary output of traditional computation and prompting a shift away from singular, definitive answers toward multiplicity.
Anthropocene Oscillations
Q: What is the role of interdisciplinary residencies like Studiotopia in advancing understanding or action around the Anthropocene?
Interdisciplinary residencies bring together scientists, architects, and artists to update representations of the data (like the Great Acceleration charts) while exploring how knowledge is produced, translated, and acted upon in political contexts.
Anthropocene Oscillations
Q: How do you define the Anthropocene in this discussion, and why is there disagreement about its definitions?
We frame the Anthropocene as a term that both describes a planetary-scale reality and generates a field of debate about responsibility, action, and governance, with multiple definitional strands arising from different disciplines and political agendas.
Challenging VR's Procrustean Bed: Disability, Tactile Epistemologies, Worldbuilding
Q: Do you want to tell us more about the Tactile Descriptions Workbook and where listeners can find it?
The workbook guides describing tactile experiences, trains nuanced tactile language, and has been tested with accessible labs and events; it is now available to support tactile language development for archiving and viewing tactile materials.

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This show centers on art as a form of critical inquiry, knowledge production, and world-building, with a focus on how creative practice intersects with technology, data, and social critique. Across episodes, listeners encounter artists, designers, researchers, and architects probing the political, ethical, and ecological dimensions of digital culture—from AI and surveillance to climate infrastructure and post-colonial museology. Episodes frequently feature exploratory conversations that challenge traditional boundaries between art, science, and activism, highlighting how experimental media can illuminate power structures, accessibility, and collective futures. A standout trait is the strong emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration and sp... more

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